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vmware-fusion-optimizations
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| mainmem.backing = "swap" # disable swapping | |
| MemTrimRate = "0" # disable returning unused memory to the host | |
| sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE" # disable page sharing | |
| prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "TRUE" # force memory to be pre-allocated on host | |
| scsi0.virtualDev = "pvscsi" # fasted disk i/o subsystem (requires driver off pvscsi.flp floppy disk image) | |
| scsi0:0.virtualSSD = 1 # if running off an SSD | |
| ## also, preallocate the VMDK disks |
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/ C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Workstation\config.ini
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Enhancing VMware performance
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| sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE" | |
| mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE" | |
| prefvmx.minVmMemPct = "100" | |
| prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "TRUE" | |
| mainMem.partialLazySave = "FALSE" | |
| mainMem.partialLazyRestore = "FALSE" | |
| priority.grabbed = "normal" | |
| priority.ungrabbed = "normal" | |
| #priority.grabbed = "high" |
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/ gist:c0e4994f976e757bc7d5
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Tweaks to make to VMware .vmx files
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| # Disables touchscreen emulation | |
| touchscreen.vusb.present = "FALSE" | |
| # Enables support for nested hypervisors | |
| hypervisor.cpuid.v0 = "FALSE" | |
| vhv.enable = "TRUE" | |
| vpmc.enable = "TRUE" | |
| mce.enable = "TRUE" | |
| vhu.enable = "TRUE" |
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| Insert the following code into the *.VMX file: | |
| sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE" | |
| mainMem.useNamedFile = "FALSE" | |
| prefvmx.minVmMemPct = "100" | |
| prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "TRUE" | |
| mainMem.partialLazySave = "FALSE" | |
| mainMem.partialLazyRestore = "FALSE" | |
| priority.grabbed = "high" | |
| priority.ungrabbed = "normal" |
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